Welcome to Perl land ;-)
For starters I don't think you need a DBI book - there is very much online about it, and the DBI documentation is quite a good start.
I don't quite understand your security problem, could you describe what's the problem, and how you want to improve your situation?
It seems like you want to add another software layer, and hope that it improves security. Usually that doesn't work. It sounds like adding more walls to house to increase stability, when in fact the base needs to be reinforced.
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For starters I don't think you need a DBI book
Agreed. And the only DBI book is way outdated and will be a waste of money IMHO. I'd like to see a newer edition though...
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For perl based spam protection try ASSP. It can probably do what you want already with very little work.
Not to mention it's very very good :)
http://assp.sourceforge.net/
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This is probably more of an OS problem than a perl problem. That is, you first need to figure out how to determine which user is using your modem. Under a Unix-like system there are OS calls that can be made to figure this out (commands like fuser and ps), but I'm not sure what facilities exist for WinXP.
Secondly, you might be better off just patching your OS and software so the guy can't break in. You might have re-install Windows and all of your apps, but you would be solving a lot of problems all at once by making your system secure.
And even if you do figure out the modem thing, what will prevent the hacker from creating other mischief if you don't close up the security hole that's allowing him into your box in the first place?
By the way, when you say "modem", are we talking about a telephone modem (and not a cable or DSL modem)? And is the hacker coming in through your broadband connection to use your telephone modem? to send spam? | [reply]
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I wish I had a Perl solution that I could point you to, but in the meantime you might try both Peer Guardian and a firewall - if you don't have one already. I've had good success with Sunbelt's Kerio firewall and the best thing is that both programs are free.
HTH!
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See:
- c:\perldoc dbi which may diminish your dissatisfaction with the local book, perhaps better than book$.
- c:\perldoc win32 for one tool that may help you in the (hacker? spammer? which?) arena.
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